The Best Places to Hide Valuables from Burglars

The average burglar takes less than 10 minutes to steal items from your home. That’s not a lot of time.

To make it difficult on them, you want to hide your valuables. Just because you lock them in a safe doesn’t mean they can’t take the safe with them.

That’s why it’s important to hide valuables. To give you some ideas, here are some places to hide valuables.

1. Inside Walls – You’ve probably seen this in movies. There’s a reason … it actually works. Creating a small hidden compartment inside a wall can really help you hide valuables.
2. Under the Floor – Creating a hiding place beneath the floorboards is a great way to hide money and other valuables. Be sure to choose a discrete area in your home. Don’t make the compartment too noticeable.
3. Inside Ordinary Objects – Consider hiding money or valuables inside a toy or a food box. Burglars are usually in a hurry and won’t check those types of things.
4. Beneath Staircases – The area beneath a staircase could make an excellent hiding place for valuables.
5. Somewhere Dirty – Burglars won’t expect you to be holding valuables near a trash bin or in the bathroom.
6. Air Vents – Consider creating a decoy air vent that is actually a compartment. It’s a great way to store items without anyone knowing it’s there.
7. In Your Kid’s Room – It’s probably one of the last places burglars will check. Create a secrete compartment somewhere in their room. Tell your children it’s off limits.

As an added security measure, consider a home security system. This will help prevent burglars from even setting foot in your home.

If you live in Northern California or Southern Oregon, consider contacting Hue & Cry Security Systems. We can help you build a custom security system that will make your home the safest one on the block.

To find out more, call us at 1-800-762-3196 or visit www.HueAndCry.com.